. >> the shift to a cleaner energy economy won't happen overnight. and it will require some tough choices along the way. >> -- the president in the national interest comment period. i guess i would use the word nation, we're a nation of people. and if something is in the national interest, i would think that each person in the nation should somehow be better for the project if it's found in the national interest. >> when our children's children look us in the eye and ask if we did all we could to leave them a safer, more stable world with new sours of energy, i want us to be able to say yes, we did. >> it's time to step up. you can't say these things and make these speeches and then be the hypocrites that don't do something when it's on their plate. >> the president made climate change a top priority during his state of the union address. and hz tried to change the game with executive orders to reduce carbon emissions. >> over the past eight years the united states has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on earth. >> televis